Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yttrai" data-source="post: 2234067" data-attributes="member: 27205">May i disagree?  Just a little?We are different, sure, but mostly we are told we _WILL_ act differently.  Even if we are told we can do whatever we want, regardless of gender, very very rarely are the attitudes present to back it up.  A small example: my parents told my brother and myself we would be treated equally, regardless of gender, and in most ways we were.  But when i was of driving age and had to get a job, they helped me find a nice waitressing job.  My brother was hired to help my dad with his construction business in the summer.I would have _LOVED_ to spend my summers doing construction!  I still would love to have that opportunity presented to me!My point being, don't blame all of our different tastes entirely on genetics.  Peer pressure is a much larger factor, IMHO. Specifically why roleplaying isn't popular among women as much a men: because most women i know are acutely self-conscious about their public image and how others percieve them.  Most men i know could care less.  It isn't super acceptable to game, so the more self-conscious avoid it more.  DISCLAIMER: this is a generalization based on the people i have personally known, and my private theory on why girls don't game as much.Lastly: i'd rather have burning pokers put in my eyes than spend time scrapbooking.  Do you hear that, Dr. Summers?????? ; )</blockquote>